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With just two games to go Martinez's men hold an unassailable eight-point lead over closest rivals Bosnia-Herzegovina , meaning they are guaranteed to finish in the group's top spot and take automatic qualification. Jan Vertonghen started the scoring in the 70th minute with a long-range effort, Zeca equalized three minutes later, and Lukaku scored the victor immediately after that. Read More »

Allen, however, convinced Cravens to postpone such a decision. During his 18 months in the National Football League, life hasn't been easy for Redskins safety Su'a Cravens . For the Redskins, it means that instead of rolling out their revamped secondary week one against the Eagles, the team will instead already be filling holes as Deshazor Everett will now step in at strong safety alongside D.J. Read More »

Khan is open to swapping those games if needed. The game will be broadcast on NFL Network Thursday at 8 p.m. ET nationwide, as well as local markets. And so when it became available to us, we've got so many guys on the team that are distracted by all of the events and circumstances and things that are happening at home that it became increasingly more hard from our perspective to ask those guys to go out and try to play a football game. Read More »

The Australian started from 16th on the grid after incurring penalties, but he soon began climbing - while team-mate Max Verstappen did the same despite an early puncture. "But what can you do?" Engine penalties pushed Ricciardo back after qualifying third on Saturday, but made up for lost ground with a series of brilliant overtakes - a dive down the inside from a mile back on Kimi Raikkonen at Turn 1 being the pick of the bunch. Read More »

Adding a young wide receiver with potential, Cleveland is smartly using their vast draft capital accumulated through offseason trades with Houston and Kansas City. He returned to catch four passes for 21 yards in three preseason games. "We do a lot of diligence, our pro groups are always tremendously well-prepared and organized so it'll be a long night and morning but hopefully we can find some young guys who can help us on our roster". Read More »

And with Manchester United flying high at the top of the Premier League table, former defender Higginbotham feels that the arrival of Lukaku at Old Trafford has helped Mkhitaryan to hit top form. There's always pressure to score here - but that also makes it interesting, dealing with that. "Then there's pressure on the next game". "They had a great pre-season and continued that at the start of the league", he said. Read More »

Her 8-under-par 64 has been the round of the tournament so far. Eight of the players in the top 12 entering Sunday have never won on the LPGA Tour . "Much better than yesterday", said Chun . Both of her LPGA Tour victories have come in majors  the 2015 U.S. Women's Open and the 2016 Evian Championship. Read More »

He also said he's not exhausted after having played three qualifying matches to reach the main draw. The 1.7-meter (5-foot-7) Argentine did his best on Friday to prove size doesn't matter against the 1.98-meter Croatian and managed to do so for one day at least on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows , Efe news reported. Read More »

Arsenal understood that and I'm grateful to them. One player who did land a move away was England global Oxlade-Chamberlain, who completed the formalities on his transfer to Liverpool . The Costa Rica global looks set for a sixth loan spell away from the Emirates Stadium, one of which saw him turn out for Betis in the 2012/13 season. Read More »

Watch Gareth Bale try an incredible overhead kick against Austria , only for Heinz Lindner to superbly parry the effort away! Wales manager Coleman said: We called it before the game that there would be chances at either end. "On the balance of the second half, I think we were the stronger team", he added. After his sensational performance at the European Championships in France, where the Welsh national team really managed to impress with their game and character reaching the ... Read More »

The result comes following a hard start to life in F1 for Stroll, who arrived with limited experience and has scored points in just three races so far this season. "The weather was obviously incredibly tricky for us all". "I think it's a bit optimistic", he said. Into the top ten shoot out, and it was Lewis Hamilton on pole again, with Ferrari dropping back to seventh and eighth. Read More »

He would finish with seven touchdowns, breaking a school record. Missouri State showed early on that they were here to play and were still very much in the game early into the second half. The Tigers' offense appears to be as good as it was cracked up to be coming into the season. The Bears averaged 6.6 yards per play. The Tigers wound up settling for Tucker McCann's 35-yard field goal. Read More »

Open on Saturday at NY. Nadal , who is chasing a second grand slam title this year after claiming a record-extending 10th French Open title in June, is growing more confident ahead of his clash with Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov . I am in the second week. That's the important thing. He didn't drop a set during the three qualifying matches, and caused a major boilover in the first round when he got the better of Richard Gasquet. Read More »

Smith and Aaron Grymes. Nigel Bradham, Jordan Hicks, and Mychal Kendricks will be joined by Najee Goode, Joe Walker , and special teams ace Kamu Grugier-Hill. Byron Marshall did not make the team despite appearing with the Eagles last season and playing well in camp and preseason. Wide receivers Greg Ward and Bryce Treggs were cut as well as tight end Billy Brown. Read More »

Atletico and Chelsea were locked in talks through the final week of the transfer window but a breakthrough was still to be reached before the deadline passed in Spain on Friday evening. But the Express have now reported that the Premier League champions could take Costa to court if he continues to avoid returning to the club. Alvaro Morata has admitted he feels the need to repay Antonio Conte for showing faith in him by bringing him to Chelsea . Read More »

The NFL and the Texans will continue to closely monitor the situation in Houston and adjust the team's plans as necessary. Now Houston is dealing with massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday and has barely moved. Read More »

It was most unfortunate, particularly when Edmund's side of the draw was blown wide open by the exit of Marin Cilic , the... Then No. 4 Alexander Zverev lost to Borna Coric in the second round. Shapovalov breached Edmund's serve in the fourth game of the second and maintained his advantage to level the match at a set apeace. Midway through the set, after Edmund held to take a 3-2 lead, he went back to his chair and called for the doctor. Read More »

Matt Bushman was BYU's leading receiver with four catches for 43 yards. Marvin Hifo led the team with 10 tackles. The game remained scoreless through the first quarter. Etling was more than efficient, completing 14 of his 17 passes for 173 yards. Jack Gonsoulin tacked on the extra point and the Tigers led 7-0 with 14:22 remaining in the first half. Read More »

Temperatures have been soaring in Georgia this week and heat could be an issue with the game kicking off in the early evening. That famous win over Germany ultimately secured a play-off berth for Ireland as they mounted an irresistible late surge, and it seems likely that will be the best for which they can hope this time around if they do not beat Serbia . Read More »

On a pitch Renshaw said posed a unique challenge due to large variations in turn and bounce, he scraped his way through 94 balls to keep Australia in the hunt. Resuming day four on 109-2, Warner batted with calculated aggression, while Smith was content to play second fiddle as they continued the good work they had started on Tuesday evening with some generous assistance from lady luck. Read More »

He was replaced by Matt Dermody . The Blue Jays (62-73) had a golden opportunity to take the lead against Orioles closer Zach Britton after center fielder Kevin Pillar led off the inning with a double for his third hit of the game. The Duke product yielded one home run in that start and three in his previous turn after surrendering a total of one over a 10-start stretch. The left-hander is 1-3 against Toronto this season. Read More »

There has also been talk of interest from Liverpool, who have recently hijacked Arsenal's bid for Thomas Lemar from Monaco. Reports in the British media on Friday claimed that Barkley turned down the chance to move to Chelsea after Everton refused to open talks with his preferred destination Tottenham. Read More »

Did you know that Appalachian State upset MI in 2007 and took Tennessee into overtime a year ago? All indications point to the Mountaineers continuing their successful ways this season under the direction of fifth-year head coach Scott Satterfield. Read More »

Joseph wouldn't commit to either one. "And so we'll see what happens". He's played very well. "So I'm excited about Kyle". When Ward was leading the "No Fly Zone" in its song and dance after wins, Simmons, a team captain at Boston College, is the quiet one watching it go down with a smile. Read More »

Following that fight, McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight crown in November, then took a long layoff, during which he became a first-time father, before squaring off with Mayweather . At the corporate office where I work, colleagues were discussing their respective weekends and nearly everyone (both men and women) were talking about how they watched the fight and enjoyed the spectacle. Read More »

But for now, Pliskova has kept herself alive and kicking and she will take on either Jennifer Brady or Monica Niculescu in the last-16. Pliskova ripped off nine aces during her victory over Zhang, who's now ranked as the No. She bulldozed her way through the opening set as Pliskova struggled with her first serve. But Halep's tough first-round loss to Maria Sharapova as good as closed the door on her chances, and Wozniacki, Konta, and Kuznetsova excluded themselves by also losing too ... Read More »

Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub didn´t want any trouble from Nate Diaz when he ran into him backstage at the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday night. Now we're going to do this trilogy - I'm going to end him faster than Floyd did. What the hell are you doing right now?' And he keeps talking so I go, 'Nate, he doesn't look that stupid. Read More »

In Harris county, where Houston is located, one-in-three residents live below the poverty line and many have homes built in low-lying areas that repeatedly flood. Removing debris was also essential, the Houston mayor said. Mr Turner also asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide more workers to process applications from thousands of people seeking government help. Read More »

Former Clay-Chalkville High School standout Tyrrell Pigrome passed for two touchdowns and ran for another before leaving with an injury as Maryland stunned No. Like Pigrome, Antwaine Richardson was also injured during the third quarter as he went down while attempting to make a tackle. Walter Dawn Jr. ran for 56 yards and UTEP's only touchdown. Read More »

The Italian, a revelation this season, tried his best, but Mateo Trentin was too powerful, as he has been three times in this race, and took a fifth stage for Quick-Step. "We are betting for more". The other four persisted, with Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing Team) pushing on with 20 kilometres to go. Read More »

The Copper Bullets did achieve a 1-1 tie against Cameroon away from home in their latest game in these qualifiers and this should be a winnable game at home. "Nigeria lead the group but I believe Cameroon can beat them on Monday and hopefully we also win our game". All the goals came during the second half with Max-Alain Gradel breaking the deadlock on 53 minutes before Doumbia netted twice within seven minutes during the closing stages. Read More »

Alan Shearer couldn't resist a joke at Jose Mourinho's expense in the changing room before the Game for Grenfell match. After a booking for time-wasting during the 2-2 draw, it was time for penalties. Mourinho even chad a playful moan about the officiating, adding: "The yellow card was not the problem, the problem is the second goal being a clear offside". Read More »

The 1996 world champions and two-time finalists needed at least two wins against India in the series to secure a direct spot in the tournament which will take place in 2019 in the United Kingdom. But Angelo Mathews fought a lone battle scoring 70 to save Sri Lanka from an even heavier defeat - not that 168 was a small margin. Lasith Malinga ended the batting onslaught by dismissing Kohli for 131, the paceman´s 300th ODI wicket. Read More »

Rahm was two over for the day after eight holes, but a superb eagle at the 18th ignited his charge to the top of the leaderboard and five birdies over the front nine in excellent conditions at TPC Boston saw him card a 66 which hoisted him to nine under par . Read More »

Skipping practice, however, does not mean that India will be taking the last match of the series lightly. The batsman scored another century in the final Test at Kandy where he hit 119 in the first innings as India swept the series 3-0 courtesy of an innings and 171-run victory. Read More »